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The Lost Towns of the Yorkshire Coast

and other Chapters bearing upon the Geography of the District.(1912)

BY

THOMAS SHEPPARD

F.G.S., F.R.G.S., F.S.A.(Scot).

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

Introduction' — Royal Commission on Coast Erosion — Magazine Literature — British Association Reports — Rates of Coast Erosion — Deep Sea Erosion.

CHAPTER 2

The Riding : County and Shire — The Name " Yorkshire " : its Origin and Meaning — General Characteristics — Size, Shape and Boundaries — Surface and General Features — Rivers — Watershed.

CHAPTER 3

Divisions of the Earth's Crust — The Yorkshire Cliffs — Lias — Oolites — Chalk — The Great Ice Age — Formation ofholderness structure of holderness ... 20

CHAPTER 4

Physiographical Changes — Glacial Lakes — Changes in River Courses — Table of Strata — Perigrination of the Coast — Headlands and Bays — Gains and Losses on the Coast — Historical Evidence, Plans and Measurements .

CHAPTER 5

Reclaimed Land— Sunk Island — Broomfleet Island — Read's Island — Lost Towns of the Humber — Ravenser — Hull — Hedon.

CHAPTER 6

The Drainage — Holderness Temp. Edward I, — Ancient Evidence of Drainage — Eighteenth Century Drainage.

CHAPTER 7

Spurn : its Formation — Reedbarowe's Light Tower — Angell's Lights — Smeaton's Lights — Changes in Spurn — Wilgils at Spurn, Leyland and Camden.

CHAPTER 8

Smeaton's Narrative — Spurn Surveyed — Plans and Descriptions — Descriptions of Lights — Ancient References.

CHAPTER 9

Lost Towns : Orwithfleet, Tharlesthorpe, Burstall, Ravenspurn — Alleged View of Ravensere — Ships for the King's Navy — Ravenser-odd : Its Ruin — References in the Meaux Chronicle.

CHAPTER 10

Kilnsea : Its Lost Church — Land Lost — Measurements — Relics of the Old Church — Kilnsea Cross — Sunthorpe.

CHAPTER 11

Easington — Domesday Area — Present area — Loss by Sea: Floods — Northorpe, Hoton and Turmarr.

CHAPTER 12

The Romans at Easington — Pottery, etc., from Site of Occupation — Oyster Shells, Coins, etc.

CHAPTER 13

Dimlington : Its Beacon — Out Newton — Ruined Chapel — Holmpton — Measurement of Land.

CHAPTER 14

Withernsea --Seathorne --Former Church Lost --Creekat Withernsea --Present Church Once in Ruins --The Roos Carr Images — British Remains.

CHAPTER 15

Owthorne : A Lost Village and Church — Plan of Lost Village — Poulson's Account — Dug-out Canoe.

CHAPTER 16

Newsham : Important in Domesday Times — Waxholme — Sand-le-Mere : Its Connection with the Humber — Tunstall--Hilston--Hilston Mount.

CHAPTER 17

Grimston Garth — Monkwell — Ringborough — Aldborough and its Destroyed Church --Roman Remains -Colden Parva — Great Colden — Mappleton — Measurements since 1786 Rowlston.

CHAPTER 18

Hornsea Burton — The Port of Hornsea — Ancient Dues from Ships — A Former pier — Hornsea Beck — A Hornsea Half-penny — Toll from Strangers.

CHAPTER 19

Hornsea — Inquisition of 1607 — Effect of Groynes — Southorpe -Northorpe.

CHAPTER 20

Hornsea Mere : Value of its Fish in Ancient Times — A Trial by Combat — Formerly Another Mere.

CHAPTER 21

Atwick: Its Cross — Cleeton — Skipsea: Its Ancient Mere — Pre-Historic Earthworks — Hude or Huth —Ulrome — Barmston — Hartburn.

CHAPTER 22

Auburn — Auburn House — Wilsthorpe — Erosion — Bridlington : Changes North and South of the Harbour : Various Piers.

CHAPTER 23

Lord Burleigh's Chart of the Time of Henry VIII. — Former Configuration of Holderness — Beacons — Armada Scare — Methods of Lighting the Beacons.

CHAPTER 24

Maps of East Yorkshire, temp. Henry VIII. — Saxton (1577) Speed {1610) — Blaeu (1662) — Blome — Ogilby (1675) — Collins (1684) — Morden (1722) — Moll (1724) — 1725 — Scott (1740) — Bowen (1750) — Jeffreys (1772) — Kitchen (1777) — Fayden (1780) — Tuke (1786) — Cary (1805) — Trinity House (1820) — Greenwood (1834, 1838, 1840) — Hall (1846) — Boyle (1880).

CHAPTER 25

Origin of the Humber Mud : From the Rivers : From The Sea — Evidence from the Microscope — Effect of the Tides — Royal Commission Evidence.

CHAPTER 26

Natural History of the Riding — Mammals — Birds — Reptiles and Amphibians — Fishes — Insects — Mollusca — Botany.

CHAPTER 27

Extinct Animals : Pre-Glacial, Glacial and Post- glacial.

CHAPTER 28

East Yorkshire : Its People, Race, Dialect, Settlements, Population — Britons — Romans — Saxons — Danes — History.

CHAPTER 29

Antiquities : Pre-Historic — Earthworks and Cultivation Terraces — Barrows — Rudston Monolith —Roman Remains — Saxon Antiquities.

CHAPTER 30

Architecture : Ecclesiastical : Domestic — Wold Churches — Holderness Churches : Hedon, Patrington, Beverley, Hull, etc. — Wressle Castle — Burton Agnes and Burton Constable Halls — Wilberforce House Farmhouses

CHAPTER 31

Communications — Ancient Roads — Railways — Canals .

CHAPTER 32

Administration — Parishes — Rural Districts — Urban Districts — Boroughs — Ecclesiastical Divisions —Population

CHAPTER 33

Agriculture — Area — Crops — Cattle — Industries Minerals — Fisheries — Shipping — Hull Imports and ex- ports — Climate and Rainfall

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The Story of the East Riding of Yorkshire(1912).

BY HORACE B. BROWNE, M.A.

WITH ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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The East Riding of Yorkshire

(1906)

By JOSEPH E. MORRIS, B.A.

With Illustrations by R. J. S. BERTRAM

AND FROM PHOTOGRAPHS

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A History of South Cave and of other Parishes in the East Riding of the County of York(1892).

by John George Hall.

Handbook to Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire,

presented to the members of the Museums association on the occasion of their annual congress, held at Hull, July 9th to July 13th, 1923.

by Sheppard, Thomas, 1876-; Museums Association.

Published 1922.

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Abstracts of the Charters and other documents contained in the chartulary of the priory of Bridlington in the East Riding of the County of York(1912).

BY W. T. LANCASTER, F.S.A.

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The Water Supply (from underground sources) of the East Riding of Yorkshire,

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History and Topography of the City of York, the East Riding of Yorkshire ...

by James Joseph Sheahan , T. Whellan.

Published 1857.

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Historical Record of the Fifteenth, or the Yorkshire East Riding Regiment of Foot;

containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1848.

by Cannon, Richard, 1779-1865.

Published 1848.

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Rural Economy in Yorkshire in 1641,

being the farming and account books of Henry Best, of Elmswell, in the East Riding of the county of York.

by Best, Henry, d. 1645; Norcliffe, Charles Best.

Published 1857.

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The folk speech of East Yorkshire.

by Nicholson, John, of Hull, Eng.

Published 1899.

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Some East Yorkshire Worthies.

by Richardson, William, of South Cave, England.

Published 1914.

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The Geology of Holderness, and the adjoining parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

by Reid, Clement, 1853-1916.

Published 1885.

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The History and Antiquities of the Seigniory of Holderness,

in the East-Riding of the County of York,

including the abbies of Meaux and Swine, wwith the priories of Nunkeeling and Burstall.

by Poulson, George, 1783-1858.

Published 1840.

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Sutton-in-Holderness.

The manor, the berewic, and the village community.

by Blashill, Thomas.

Published 1896.

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The Church Bells of Holderness.

by Park, Godfrey Richard.

Published 1898.

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Facsimile reprint of the First Hull Directory, published in 1791; ...

with the appendix for 1792, including a directory of Beverly.

by Battle, Robert Gray.

Published 1885.

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History of Hull (Annales Regioduni Hullini).

by Gent, Thomas, 1693-1778.

Published 1869.

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